Bi Polar People

The Biden couple went to the Virgin Islands. The House of Representatives banned TikTok on officially used hardware. The US may impose restrictions on travelers from China due to COVID-19. Blinken reaffirmed the United States' support for Ukraine. General James Jones: Russia has been defeated today. Ukrainian soldiers are being trained in the UK. The Minister of Defense of France arrived on a visit to Kyiv. Will Russia be held accountable for war crimes? Colonel-General of the FSB Eduard Chernovoltsev, who oversaw the research institute where poisons were developed, was fired. The Pope said his predecessor was "very ill". Serbs and Kosovars are once again on the brink of conflict.

They called Мама, не смотри телевизор (Mama, Don’t Watch TV), which comes 10 months after Russia invaded Ukraine: “ The music of our anger , indignation, disagreement, a reproachful desperate cry against Putin’s bloodthirsty puppets, led by a real cannibal monster, whose place is in the infinity of fierce hellish flames on the bones of the victims of this terrible war.” By Laura Snapes The Guardian Sat 24 Dec 2022 04.00 EST

A brave man from a brave country extends his appreciation for American assistance during the war with Russia.

As a student teacher, I met children who had very little.  Of course, there were those who had a sufficient life.  That made an impression on me and it prompted this poem.  Values are created in part by what we have and don't have. Santa Claus makes all children happy, the ones who have and those who have not - at least in this poem.    SANTAHOOD IS COMING TO TOWN a strange and wondrous tale by charles mistretta 93'     ONCE UPON A MIDNIGHT DREARY, I GRABBED MY BAG IN SUCH A FURY, WANTING TO PLEASE LITTLE GIRLS AND BOYS. THOSE REINDEER GROANED AND MUSED WITH RANCOR, THEN NEVER WAS HEARD SUCH SNORTS OF BANTER, QUIVERING I FILLED MY SACK WITH TOYS. THE NIGHT SO FULL ANTICIPATING, WONDROUS DONATIONS COMMISERATING, DID I DESERVE THIS GIFT TO PLEASE? OLD BONES RACKED WITH AR

Keep it up. People will die of boredom while Putin plays the fool to people who are stronger than he is.

“The San Francisco Board of Supervisors voted on Tuesday to halt a plan to allow police robots to use lethal force following a backlash.” “The board voted unanimously to pause the plan for now, but sent the issue back to committee for discussion and may vote to allow it in limited cases in the future.” See article from THE HILL

Some blind people seem to be able to see without being conscious of it. “So, what does blindsight tell us about consciousness? Exactly how you answer this question will heavily depend on which interpretation you accept. Do you think that those who have blindsight are in some sense conscious of what is out there or not?” ‘If they’re not, then blindsight provides an exciting tool that we can use to work out exactly what consciousness is for. By looking at what the brain can do without consciousness, we can try to work out which tasks ultimately require consciousness. From that, we may be able to work out what the evolutionary function of consciousness is, which is something that we are still relatively in the dark about.” “On the other hand, if we could prove that people with blindsight are conscious of what is in front of them, this raises no less interesting and exciting questions about the limits of consciousness. What is their consciousness actually like?